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PA'GE ETGTTT MEDFOED MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1933. rnDDinnrM vaiihy 111 V II Ul 1 1 . Aii til If BYNOftilB: Curt has returned to Edmonton from the tub-Arctlo with the idea ot taking a new and very good iob. Hut A. K. ttarlin, hit former chief in the Royal Mounted and father ot Hoealte UarUn, whom he some day expects to marry, beat him to undertake one final' man hunt tor Igor Kar akhan. international crook. Curt agrees, and goes to Vancouver, where he finite that Karakhan had known a Ctrl named Helen tlathif eon. He arranges to take Helen to dinner, hoping to get eome inlorma from her. Then they go for a canoe ride in the nark. Chapter Seven FAINT TRAIL A T the first ot their talk Curt tried to find out what lay behind Bald win' attempt to shield Helen that afternoon. He discovered that Bald win took her out frequently to dlu ner or a show, In fact kept rather steady company with her. That was all be learned, but be was satisfied there was something more, some thing which be could uncover eas ily enough when be wanted to. Deftly leading the toplo from Baldwin to Baldwin's work, he cas ually mentioned the Karakhan cue and got her started talking about It Almost Immediately he discov ered that she had loved the Russian passionately and still loved him. She knew about the huge swindle he had worked, but with a woman's As gently as an Inquisitor could. Curt went on. loyalty she forgave It She knew he bad callously thrown her aside he bad done so even before be fled, and bad taken up with another girl In Victoria; but sbe forgave tbat too. If she bad had the slightest knowl edge of where be was, she would (have flown to him In an Instant For such loyalty to be wasted on a vicious wolf seemed to Curt a real tragedy. To judge by similar affairs Ir. tbe Russian's career, the man had soma undonlable and strong power with women. As gently as an Inquisitor could, he went on with bis probing. He found out that the continued blgb tension ot Karakhan's game bad wearied blm; that during hla last three months In Vancouver be bad fished a lot In the Strait by way of recreation, and bad gone week-end' log up the coast On these trips he bad used a plan. He owned none himself, but obartered one privately. Though a pilot went along. Karakhan usually handled the controls himself. He lew very competently. Miss Mathle- on said, , C CRT'S pulse quickened at this In formation about the plan Jaunts. He was working on tbe theory that Karakban had escaped by air. Train or auto was entirely too publlo for so shrewd a criminal, and be would hardly have taken ship away when a wireless flash could have inter cepted him In mid-ocean and caught him dead to rights. But a plan was swift; It took to the trackless sky; In two hops a man could Jump clear across tbe continent Tbn Silent 8quad had found out about his nights but bad set them down as ordinary business trips. Plainly they were not tbat. This news that he was keenly Inter eitod In the air and a flyer himself strongly bolstered np the theory that be bad made his get-away In a plane. After taking Helen Matbleson home, he Jotted down the Informa tion she had given him, then bur rled out to the Marlln residence and planned his nexi steps. The following day he Interviewed several of Karakhan's acquaint ances and throe prominent aviators of the city. They could tell him al most nothing of value, and be Phoenix Endeavor Needs Rooms For Conclave Visitors PHEONIX. Nov. 33. (Spl.) Pres. byterlan church here will be host to Vie Crater Lake Christian Endea vor convention December 1, 3 and 8. Delegates will be here from all towm or the union, from Aahland to Grants Pass, and entertainment la to bo on the Harvard plan, the fur nishing of bed and breakfast to the delegates. Anyone In the community having an ultra room and caring to take a delegate la aaked to get In touch with either C. C. Hartley, or Mrs. Ralph Peterson. If any one has room whlcb they are willing to do nate snr", do not wish to furnlVt breakfast, breakfait will be taken care of In other ways, their help will be appreciated, too, IMim A14 Society, will bay cbinj L LI VI Ibbl. I fin am. BuJujm. fflmueJui. turned to Helen Mathlesou again, taking her out that evening on a long motor-canoe trip In the Strait. It was she who Innocently gave him the little broken bits ot Information and the stray trlvIM details that be pieced together Into the story of Karakhan' escape. The following morning he walked In on Baldwin and Sergeant Holden. "Here In Vancouver," be Informed them, "there Is, or was, a young fly. er called Jim Gunnar. He bad an am phibian ot bis own, and be kept It at the airport. He and Karakhan went up together two or three timet a week, and Karakban used his ship exclusively. While I'm working on amthor lead, I wish you'd Investi gate, him, Holden. and get all the Information yon can." Holden left on the assignment. Late that afternoon be returned, bringing dismal news. Young Gun nar, be reported, had bought a new six-place plane last October and started freelancing up the Alaskan coast Just a month ago he bad smacked bp In a pea-soup fog at Baranoft Island. A whaling boat bad taken blm to a hospital at Novonesky, a little town dating from the Russian occupation of the Paciflo North west; but he bad died without re gaining consciousness. 7M'h 'MS THE report was a blow to Curt It Karakhan really had escaped by plane, young Gunnar was the logical person to have taken him. Now Gun nar was dead, and tbe Information he might have given was forever lost "What was be doing on tbe six teenth and seventeenth of last Sep tember, Holden?" . "On the sixteenth his tblp was housed at ths airport On the seven teenth he cleared for Nanalmo. It was a stormy foggy day. No other planes cleared and none came In." "Did he take a passenger?! "No. I'm sure ot that because the airport manager checks on ships. We're to close to the border tbat they hare to be strict with Inspec tions. He oleared by himself." Baldwin looked relieved. The facta which Curt had dug up about young Gunnar bad made him uneasy, but now his confidence flowed back. "Did you check on him arriving at Nanalmo, Holden?" Curt persisted. "I phoned 'em, but they don't keep records there, and they have too many planes In and out to remem ber any particular one." "How much gas did he take on here?" Holden glanced at a paper, "Elgbty-flv gallon." Curt toyed with a letter knit. Baldwin felt sympathetic Tenny son was failing. At least this trail, to which he bad evidently pinned a lot ot hope, was proving a complete dud. About this matter ot Gunnar clearing by himself," Curt said pres ently, and bis measured roasonlng Jolted Baldwin out of his complac ency, "be could easily enough have picked Karakhan op. somewhere out In the Strait As for bis going to Nanalmo, he never went there at all and never Intended to. He lied. That plane ot bis, on floats, could Just barely get off wtth elgbty-flvs gallons of gas. Nanalmo Is only six ty mile from br. Would a pilot ever tank up to capacity for a forty- nv mlnutt hop? you can bank on It be was planning a flight of seven or eight hours." (Oopyrlght. int. TCiniam B. Uoieery, Curt Itarnt, tomorrow, something of groat Importaneo. of serving the other meals, the of ficers aupper on Friday night, the lunch and banquet on Saturday. 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